Lift Like a Girl: Be More, Not Less
If I eat this it’ll help me lose fat, and that will make me like myself more. If I eat this it’ll cause me to gain fat, and that will make me hate myself more. I have to do this workout so I can lose fat, fix my flaws, and finally like my body. For a four-year period that’s how I analyzed everything I ate and drank; I even scrutinized the calories in a stick of gum. My workouts were about …
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Lose fat and get sexy. The end. While that’s what most sources say why women should strength train, there are additional (perhaps better) benefits women can reap from weight training. Sure, you’ll see below how it can help you lose fat and tone up, but, you’ll also see how strength training can help you build a better brain (huh?), better bones, better boobs (say what?), sleep better, and …
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Would you prefer to listen to this article? Use the player below or download it on iTunes. I know how she feels, the woman in the picture above. You probably do too. Many of us set goals, life-changing goals, only to end up not in celebration from reaching them, but in an epic face-plant from failing. We want to achieve goals that could vastly improve our lives, but we usually don’t. The …
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Eight percent. Only eight percent of people successfully achieve their New Year’s resolution. So, that's depressing. You have a greater chance of dying from cardiovascular disease than achieving your resolution; a whopping 33 percent for women and 25 for men. Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease. Heck, let's keep going and see what else is more …
Let's be honest: most "tips and principles" articles suck. With that in mind, I did my best to write a "tips and principles" article for you that doesn't suck, and it ended up being long as hell. I've dubbed them Beautiful Badass tips and principles since that's what strength training should be about -- becoming the most badass version of yourself. Strength training is one of the best …
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"We should embrace our flaws!" is seen as a phrase of empowerment. Don't look at your physical flaws with disdain -- accept them -- is what we're encouraged to do. While the intentions of the "women should embrace their flaws" proponents are good, I protest that it's time to stop telling women to embrace their flaws. The reason is quite simple, really: oftentimes physical features being labeled …
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"How do I get, and stay, motivated to eat well and work out?" is a common question. Motivation is mandatory, right? If you want to get fit or transform your body, you need the proper motivation to get your butt in the gym and making good choices in the kitchen. Let's bring this to life with a visual for how most people view motivation. What most people think happens: motivation → action …
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Performance improvement is a mandatory element of a proper strength training program. There are many ways to fulfill this requirement (e.g., increase the volume by performing more sets, decrease the rest periods between sets/exercises thereby increasing the density of the workout, etc.) but the two most common ways to improve performance: perform more reps with the same weight, and increase the …
[Read more...] about The Double Progression Method: Elevate Your Strength Training Workout
